Zhang Fan repeated his old trick, absorbing the spiritual energy of the old locust tree and injecting it into the water ladle.
The man who had gotten up in the middle of the night last time got up again and vaguely saw the old locust tree gleaming.
The light was strange; it was neither like the flickering light of a candle nor the beam of a flashlight.
It appears and disappears, sometimes out of nowhere, sometimes out of nowhere.
His heart pounded wildly, and he felt as if he had seen the mountain god again.
This time, however, he didn't shout. Instead, he secretly filmed with his phone so that he would have firsthand information when chatting with others, which made him look more respectable.
Zhang Fan absorbed spiritual energy all night long, only stopping when the stone rock fish had grown to two pounds in size.
The sky began to brighten, and a faint blue ray of dawn appeared on the horizon.
Zhang Fan carried the water ladle back home.
Just as he reached the door, Li Chunyan woke up. Zhang Fan immediately turned around neatly and pretended to go out.
"Zhang Fan, where are you going so early in the morning? Eat your breakfast first."
Zhang Fan turned around with a silly smile, and secretly put the rockfish in the tank to keep it, hiding from Li Chunyan.
Li Chunyan was cooking porridge in a pot while placing a pickle jar in her basket.
As soon as she put the basket down and the porridge was cooked, Li Chunyan ladled it into a large bowl, picked up the basket, and said to Zhang Fan, "Eat it when it gets cold. I'm going to the market."
Zhang Fan: "Sister-in-law, you eat your porridge first, I'll carry the kimchi down."
With that, Zhang Fan snatched the basket, slung it over his shoulder, and disappeared in a flash.
Li Chunyan could only drink the porridge at lightning speed before chasing after Zhang Fan.
The nearest market is next to Baijia Village, which is more than an hour's walk away.
You can also take an oxcart, which costs two yuan per person and can save a lot of time. On market mornings, Old Liu, the driver, would wait under the big locust tree and leave when it was almost time.
Li Chunyan originally wanted to save money by walking, but Zhang Fan took it upon himself to put the pickle jar on the oxcart and gave her all the money. Li Chunyan sat on the oxcart, feeling sorry for him.
Beneath the old locust tree, shrouded in thick fog, Old Liu sighed, "It's another sunny day today. I wonder when it'll rain."
Zhang Fan looked up at the sky. Not only was today a sunny day, but the next few days would also be sunny.
There wasn't a single cloud in the entire sky, so even if it wanted to rain, there was no way to make it rain.
After seeing Li Chunyan off, Zhang Fan returned home and called Bai Rou'er.
The call connected, and Bai Rou'er said nervously, "Zhang Fan, I heard that there are stone rock fish in the next city, and I want to go and see them."
"good."
Zhang Fan only said this much before hanging up the phone.
He vaguely sensed that something was amiss.
However, this idea was fleeting.
Just to be on the safe side, Zhang Fan planned to bring the rockfish to the Kelai Restaurant, just in case.
Zhang Fan took all four fish with him.
Today, he had some change on him and waited early at the route the bus always takes.
The bus stopped, and Zhang Fan took out the fare.
The ticket seller hurriedly pushed the ticket back: "Miracle doctor, yesterday was all a misunderstanding, your ride is free."
With a beaming smile, she led Zhang Fan to the front seats and dusted off the dust with her hand: "Miracle Doctor, please sit down."
The driver turned around, smiled, and greeted him, "Miracle Doctor, we were ignorant yesterday, please don't blame us."
After seeing Zhang Fan off yesterday, they got the medicine according to the prescription he gave them.
After returning home and finishing her medication, the ticket seller soon went to the toilet and felt completely refreshed, experiencing a sense of ease she had never felt before.
The driver remained standing throughout the night, and even came twice more.
This situation only occurred more than a decade ago, and the two exclaimed that he was a miracle doctor.
Zhang Fan gestured with his hand and said softly, "Keep it low-key, keep it low-key."
The two understood each other, made a zipping motion, and lowered their voices, saying, "We don't know what the title of 'Divine Doctor' is."
"My surname is Zhang."
"From now on, we will address you as Mr. Zhang in public."
Zhang Fan nodded in agreement.
At the same time, Bai Rou'er pressed the accelerator almost to the floor, driving at an extremely high speed toward the neighboring city.
For some reason, she felt uneasy and anxious, as if something big was about to happen.
She thought about it and realized she was overthinking it.
Meanwhile, Taohua County, located in Taohua Town, was bustling with activity.
For some reason, a group of luxury cars suddenly drove into town this morning.
Leading the way was a BMW Q7, a luxury car worth millions. Following it was a black, extended Lincoln, and behind them were three other cars of other brands, though their prices were also in the hundreds of thousands.
These cars might be common in the city, but in the impoverished Taohua County, even one luxury car is rare, let alone so many luxury cars appearing together. It's quite a spectacle, attracting many people to stop and watch.
"Who is this important figure who has come to Peach Blossom Town?"
"I heard that the person who came was Zhao Lin, who came to the restaurant to eat rock fish."
"The Ke Lai Restaurant isn't even open. Could it be that they've run away and stopped doing business?"
The convoy stopped in front of the Kelai Restaurant parking lot. The driver honked the horn, but no one came to greet them after a long wait.
Inside the extended Lincoln, the man sitting in the back seat had a cold, stern face, and his hawk-like eyes were slightly narrowed.
"Mr. Zhao, let me call and ask." The man who had booked the fish banquet at the restaurant a few days ago nodded and bowed, a bead of cold sweat appearing on his forehead.
What's wrong with the restaurant owner? We clearly booked for today, so why is he acting like he's closing the doors to customers?
They arrived only an hour early, so even so, the store shouldn't be closed.
Today's itinerary was added on the spur of the moment by him, just so he could make a good impression and earn a good rating.
Now, not only is there no hope for a promotion, but I'm also afraid I'll lose my job.
Ji Zhi's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his hands were trembling as he held up his phone.
Just then, someone nearby started talking loudly.
"Why are there still guests coming to the restaurant? Didn't everyone run away?"
"They look like they came from out of town; they probably got scammed."
"I wonder how much money they were scammed out of. I heard the owner of this restaurant has even mortgaged it."
As Ji Zhi listened to these words, his face grew darker and darker, and his heart sank to the bottom. He forced himself to call Bai Rou'er.
The call connected, but before I could say a single word, the other end hung up.
Ji Zhi's mind went blank. He immediately called back, but to his surprise, the phone was switched off.
It’s over!
Ji Zhi had only one thought in his mind: he was finished.
It doesn't matter that he was scammed out of money.
However, in order to surprise his boss, he strongly persuaded his boss to change the itinerary. The boss was supposed to go directly to the next city after arriving in Peach Blossom Town, and there was no plan to eat here. Only after his strong suggestion did the boss change the itinerary.
The boss's car is here too. If others didn't know better, they would definitely think that Zhao Lin had been scammed.
Ji Zhi was completely baffled.
"Are you all going out for dinner?"
A voice suddenly rang out.
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